Cross Stitch: 60th Birthday Card

[badly_knitted]

A little later than intended, thanks to life getting in the way, but here at last are the pics of the 60th birthday card I made for my friend. Unfortunately, it went a bit wonky when I stuck it to the card because it's quite large. I used one strand of thread on 18 count fabric, so the stitched piece is a little over 6 inches tall by about 3 1/3

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[lil_1337]

That is lovely. I have the same problem with lighting especially when working with darker cloth.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

I haven't tried stitching on darker cloth although I have fabric cut out for some designs on dark blue fabric (so many things to stitch) but I find stitching with light colours on light fabric can be really difficult in artificial light, especially when working on high count fabric with one strand of thread. I have a daylight lamp somewhere, but I have no idea where.

[lil_1337]

I haven't done light on white in a long time so I suspect you are right about that too. My next project is going to be ornaments for next year so hopefully it will have good contrast.

[badly_knitted]

Are you going to post photos? I love to see the results!

I have another 60th birthday card to do as soon as the evenings get a bit lighter, this time for my sister. In the meantime I've go some small birds designs on 14 count that I want to get on with. If I can tear myself away from writing!

[lil_1337]

I was planning to. Normally I post pictures to instagram, but I'll add a link and you can view them without having an account.

[badly_knitted]

That would be great! I've never got into new fangled things like instagram, tumblr, twitter, etc. I have enough accounts to juggle already!